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What is the most beautiful song you've ever heard? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ioughttamow@kbin.run 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

For me it’s Erik satie’s Gymnopedie no. 1. I listened to a dramatized audiobook of lord of the rings a bunch when I was a kid. They played gymnopedie no 1 when bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf and the elves sailed to valinor, and it made me cry every time

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone

[–] aditya3w3733@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I back that

Also like to include this.

Once upon a time in the west - Final

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[–] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice is a favourite of mine.

[–] buycurious@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I’m pretty fond of “Claire de Lune”

[–] Eggscellent@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I came to post that one.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Same here .... always happy to see many people know and love this music

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Give a listen to L'Isle Joyeuse. My favorite Debussy.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think you win.

If you haven't yet, give Lief Ove Andsnes' rendition a try.

Everyone has their favorite interpretations, I guess. This is one of mine. From a pianist that impressed the hell out of me when I first heard him.

(The album Horizons if the link doesn't work or you're boycotting Spotify or whatever)

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[–] CM400@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Samson by Regina Spektor has to be up there for me.

https://youtu.be/p62rfWxs6a8?si=8JLpHy7IDCO6v0EB

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 7 points 7 months ago

I was at a target, and there was a guy playing the song Hallelujah on a violin. I was waiting for an Uber and hearing that song was really amazing so I actually asked my Uber driver to stop and gave him some money for such a good performance.

[–] NewBorn@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Radiohead - Nude

[–] Lokisan@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

The whole album is a masterpiece. Reckoner is my favorite <3

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[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Surprised no one said samuel barber - adagio for strings yet.

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Dvorak Symphony No 9, Largo

God I am getting crazy goosebumps just listening to this again. I love the 9th symphony so much.

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[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Always thought "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal was very beautiful.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

One of my all time favorites is the first opening theme of the anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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[–] mlfh@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Heyr himna smiður - a medieval Icelandic hymn, set to music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Oh wow that is amazing. Thank you!

I forgot how much I love this kind of choral music.

[–] wieson@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Some years ago I stumbled upon this Norwegian artist (I'm not Norwegian). This is a very beautiful song.

Eva Weel Skram - Evig Eies

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[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

the lark ascending by vaughan williams

https://youtu.be/ZR2JlDnT2l8

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[–] Lokisan@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence https://youtu.be/1OZDaRhHHyM?feature=shared

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[–] Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is hard to answer as there are a few:

Manchester Orchestra - The Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s3ytiYZS8g&t=348

The Boxer Rebellion - Here I am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgkhpDBYDpo&t=2

Amber Run - Fickle Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3_bNLR328&t=2

Foals - Spanish Sahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYoINidnLRQ&t=2

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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

I think it is impossible to just have one.

I am a sucker for soundtracks but soundtracks do cheat a little bit just because you get emotionally invested into the movie/game/tv show and have such great memories with them it is hard not to find them amazing.

Test Drive or Forbidden Friendship from the Movie How to Train your Dragon. Is the first ones that came to my mind when you say beautiful song.

The Halo theme song.

Good Riddance from the game Hades covered by Rachel Hardy. (Also Anything from Rachel Hardy. She has an amazing voice and does an amazing job covering songs IMO.)

May it be by (Enya) (yet another movie sound track Lord of the Rings. lol)

The Light in Us all (Planet Coaster)

I see this is a very weird list I have come up with. These are just the ones that came into my head first.

[–] frostprophet@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ocean by John Butler is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo

I'll probably think of some others and may update this as I think of them

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

The Nights by Avicii makes me quite emotional.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Prolly Cellophane by FKA twigs. And I heard about the song from the stupid dog meme.

Another really good one is Widow in the Window by Great Big Sea.

And Hijo de la Luna by Mecano.

And Lily Allen’s cover of Somewhere Only We Know.

And, it’s an incredibly sad song, but Two Women by Nora Jane Struthers.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hard to choose one, but Metallica - Fade to Black.

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[–] immortaly007@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can't come up with just one and this list changes over time a lot for me. But here is a current top 3 for me

Dry the River - Weights and Measures

Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird is Home

Elbow - One Day Like This

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[–] mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure what I think the most beautiful song I've ever heard is, but I know my mind usually goes to two songs:

Pastoral, by a man who went by the name of Moondog. He was a legendary blind composer, playing on the streets of New York City between the late '40s through to the early '70s.

He's kind of a "your favorite musician's favorite musician's favorite musician" figure, and was known to play several instruments of his own invention (one of which I believe is used in this song, but I'm not sure). This is a very minimal song, but beauty doesn't always demand grandeur.

Second would be Slips Away by Peter Silberman, the lead singer of a band called The Antlers (who also have a bunch of really moving tracks in their discography).

This one is also very simple, and quite melancholy, but I think it says all that needs saying. If I have a funeral when I pass, I'd really like this to be played at it.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

I should check out Slips Away; the Antlers' album Hospice is one of my favourite albums

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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

The album leaf - until the last

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The first thing that came to my mind was "Long, Long, Long" by the Beatles [Spotify] [YouTube] [Tidal].

[–] lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The Seed - Aurora. Only ever heard her Runaway till recently. But this one actually made me cry. She did good on this one.

The Seed - Aurora

[–] Rozlif 2 points 7 months ago

I was literally about to post this song but checked the comments and here it is :) class song

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[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kaleidoscope Heart is near the top of my list.

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[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't pick just one, but these come to mind right now:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps https://youtu.be/oIIxlgcuQRU

Loads of songs by Anohni / Antony and the Johnsons but particularly this one Hope There's Someone https://youtu.be/LyMGEq82uL4

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Greatest Show On Earth by Nightwish. It's about 17 minutes long, plus an epilogue narrated by Richard Dawkins.

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Don't Wake the Scarecrow by the Felice Brothers

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gRvQtw0Rwo

The Microphones - I want wind to blow

Not just this track, but this entire album is among one of the better albums I've ever heard. The singing, the production style and the lyrics. It's an absolute masterpiece

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[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Wake by The Antlers

https://tidal.com/track/3105744

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACa9congGPk&t=3

Its impact is especially felt by listening to the album in order. Because the whole thing is a metaphor for an abusive relationship told through the lens of a cancer patient and her caretaker.